Louisiana prisoner suit claims they’re forced to endure dangerous conditions at Angola prison farm

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Men incarcerated at Louisiana State Penitentiary filed a class-action lawsuit Saturday,…

Louisiana governor candidates face off in debate highlighting abortion ban and police brutality

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, the early GOP front runner in…

A moment of reckoning for gerrymandering | CNN Politics

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Appeals court reduces restrictions on Biden administration contact with social media platforms

A federal appeals court Friday significantly eased a lower court’s order curbing the Biden administration’s communications…

Alligator bites child at closed New Orleans-area beach, officials say | CNN

CNN  —  An alligator bit a child at a New Orleans beach that has been officially…

Shooting at Louisiana high school football game kills student and wounds a woman, police say

PORT ALLEN, La. (AP) — Gunfire broke out during a high school football game on a…

‘Unprecedented’ wildfires across Louisiana force multiple evacuations amid extreme drought | CNN

CNN  —  Louisiana has recorded an unprecedented 441 wildfires in August, forcing multiple southwestern towns to…

Residents near a Marathon Petroleum refinery fire in Louisiana ordered to evacuate | CNN

CNN  —  Residents within a mile of a fire at a refinery storage tank in Garyville,…

Gulf Coast officials are scrambling to prepare for two weather disasters to combine in deadly fashion | CNN

CNN  —  It’s been a sweltering summer for much of the US, with temperatures reaching new…

Louisiana juveniles are suffering dangerous heat and isolation in an old death row facility built for adults, a lawsuit states. Experts say the harm could be irreversible | CNN

CNN  —  Children in the custody of Louisiana’s Office of Juvenile Justice being held in a…